Click to read the passage from "The Black Cat," by Edgar Allan Poe. Then answer the question.
How would a reader most likely feel after reading this paragraph at the
beginning of a story?
A. Concerned for the narrator's safety, since he claims that someone
has committed a crime against him.
B. Confused, because the narrator sounds sane, despite claiming not
to be.
C. Intrigued by why the narrator is about to die.
D. Curious about why the narrator has admitted to lying.

Read the following scene from trifles. mrs. peters. she was piecing a quilt. (she brings the large sewing basket, and they look at the bright pieces.) mrs. hale. it’s log cabin pattern. pretty, isn’t it? i wonder if she was goin’ to quilt or just knot it? (footsteps have been heard coming down the stairs. the sheriff enters, followed by hale and the county attorney.) sheriff. they wonder if she was going to quilt it or just knot it. (the men laugh, the women look abashed.) county attorney (rubbing his hands over the stove). frank’s fire didn’t do much up there, did it? well, let’s go out to the barn and get that cleared up. (the men go outside.) how would a film version most likely emphasize the men’s emotions during this scene? by emphasizing the variety of props used by showing the men’s facial expressions by highlighting the characters’ costumes by focusing on the actions of the women